Hugo von Radolin
Posen, Kingdom of Prussia | |
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Died | 12 July 1917 Jarotschin, German Empire | (aged 76)
Buried | St. Martin's Church, Jarotschin |
Spouse(s) |
Lucy Catherine Wakefield
(m. 1863; died 1880)Countess Johanna von Oppersdorff
(m. 1892) |
Father | Count Ladislaus von Radolin-Radolinski |
Mother | Countess Josephine von Radolin-Radolinski |
Hugo, Prince of Radolin (German: Hugo Fürst[a] von Radolin; 1 April 1841 – 12 July 1917), born Hugo Julius Raoul Eduard Graf[b] Leszczyc von Radolin-Radolinski, was a Polish-German aristocrat and statesman who served as an ambassador for the Kingdom of Prussia and later, the German Empire, as well as a high-ranking official in the royal and imperial courts.
Early life
Hugo was born into the old
As a child, Hugo spent much of his time between the family estates in
Diplomatic career
After working at a district court in Pleschen from 1864 to 1866, Radolin-Radolinski officially entered the diplomatic service. He was firstly an attaché as part of the Prussian legation to Florence in 1869, before serving as a secretary at the Prussian embassy in Paris and later, chargé d'affaires in Stuttgart in that year. During the Franco-Prussian War, he worked at the high command of the occupying forces in France, as a member of the delegation from Prussia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Two years later, in 1874, he was dispatched by Imperial Chancellor Otto von Bismarck to Madrid as Germany's first ambassador to Spain, and in that same year he was transferred to Dresden. In 1876, he became Germany's first ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, representing Russia's interests during the Russo-Turkish War. He inherited his father's seat in the House of Lords in 1880.
Upon his return to Europe in 1881, Radolin-Radolinski worked as ambassador to
Later life
Upon his retirement, Radolin returned to Jarocin, where he focused on expanding his estate between 1911 and 1914. On 19 June 1915, the
Prince Radolin died in 1917, and was interred in the family crypt in St. Martin's Church in Jarotschin.
Marriages and issue
On 4 July 1863 in
After Lucy's death from tuberculosis, Radolin married secondly in Oberglogau on 4 June 1892 to Countess Johanna von Oppersdorff (1864–1947), daughter of Count Hans von Oppersdorff (1832-1877) and Elisabeth of Talleyrand-Périgord, daughter of Alexandre de Talleyrand-Périgord, Duke of Dino and granddaughter of Princess Dorothea of Courland. The wedding was a grand affair attended by Wilhelm II himself. They had three children from this marriage.
Titles, honours and awards
- Granted the noble title of Prince (Fürst), April 1888
- Honorary Citizen of the City of Jarotschin, 1897
Orders and decorations
- Prussia:[5]
- Iron Cross (1870), 2nd Class on White Band
- Knight of the Red Eagle, 2nd Class with Oak Leaves, 18 January 1884;[6] 1st Class, 27 January 1892;[7] Grand Cross with Crown and in Brilliants
- Knight of the Royal Crown Order, 1st Class
- Grand Commander's Cross of the Royal House Order of Hohenzollern
- Knight of the Black Eagle, 15 June 1898; with Collar, 17 January 1899[8]
- Baden: Grand Cross of the Zähringer Lion, 1888[9]
- Bavaria: Grand Cross of the Merit Order of St. Michael, 1886[10]
- Ernestine duchies: Grand Cross of the Saxe-Ernestine House Order, 1884[11]
- Greece: Grand Commander of the Redeemer[5]
- Grand Duchy of Hesse: Grand Cross of the Merit Order of Philip the Magnanimous, with Crown, 24 May 1888[12]
- Mecklenburg: Grand Cross of the Wendish Crown, with Crown in Gold[5]
- Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach: Grand Cross of the White Falcon, 1884[13]
- Saxony: Grand Cross of the Albert Order, with Star in Gold, 1892[14]
- Schwarzburg: Princely Schwarzburg Cross of Honour, 1st Class[5]
- Waldeck and Pyrmont: Order of Merit, 1st Class[5]
- Württemberg: Grand Cross of the Württemberg Crown, 1892[15]
- Austria-Hungary: Grand Cross of the Imperial Order of Leopold, 1889[16]
- Grand Cross of St. Alexander[5]
- France: Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour, 9 February 1909 – for his participation in the Morocco Convention[17]
- Italy: Knight of Saints Maurice and Lazarus[5]
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta: Knight, 1869; Knight of Honour and Devotion[5][18]
- Grand Cross of St. Charles, 3 April 1905[19]
- Ottoman Empire:[5]
- Order of Osmanieh, 1st Class in Brilliants
- Order of the Medjidie, 1st Class
- Gold and Silver Imtiaz Medals
- Grand Cross of the Crown of Romania[5]
- Knight of St. Alexander Nevsky[5]
- Spain: Commander of the Order of Charles III[5]
Notes
- ^ Regarding personal names: Fürst is a title, translated as Prince, not a first or middle name. The feminine form is Fürstin.
- ^ Regarding personal names: Until 1919, Graf was a title, translated as Count, not a first or middle name. The female form is Gräfin. In Germany, it has formed part of family names since 1919.
References
- ^ Hans-Joachim Böttcher (2021), "Prinz Alexander von Battenberg", Studien zur Geschichte Ost- und Ostmitteleuropas, 15, Gabriele Schäfer Verlag, Herne, ISBN 978-3-944487-84-7, pp. 306, 344, 345, 347, 350, 362.
- ^ A. Freiherr von Houwald, ed. (1939), Brandenburg-Preußische Standeserhebungen und Gnadenakte für die Zeit 1873-1918 (in German), Görlitz, p. 56
- ^ "PRINCE VON RADOLIN REPORTED ARRESTED - Ex-Ambassador and Wife Said to Have Been Accused in Berlin of Espionage". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ^ "RADOLINS NOT ARRESTED. - Were Ordered to Their Estate in Posen for Pro-Allies Sentiments". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2022-01-07.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Handbuch über den Königlich Preussischen Hof und Staat, 1908, p. 67
- ^ "Rother Adler-orden", Königlich Preussische Ordensliste (in German), vol. 1, Berlin, 1886, p. 94 – via hathitrust.org
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- ^ "Herzogliche Sachsen-Ernestinischer Hausorden", Staatshandbücher für das Herzogtums Sachsen-Coburg und Gotha, 1890, p. 46 – via zs.thulb.uni-jena.de
- ^ "Verdienst-Orden Philipps des Großmütigen", Großherzoglich Hessische Ordensliste (in German), Darmstadt: Staatsverlag, 1907, p. 126 – via hathitrust.org
- ^ "Großherzogliche Hausorden", Staatshandbuch ... Großherzogtum Sachsen / Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach (in German), Weimar: Böhlau, 1900, p. 42 – via zs.thulb.uni-jena.de
- ^ Sachsen (1901). "Königlich Orden". Staatshandbuch für den Königreich Sachsen: 1901. Dresden: Heinrich. p. 145 – via hathitrust.org.
- ^ "Königliche Orden", Hof- und Staats-Handbuch des Königreich Württemberg, Stuttgart: Landesamt, 1907, p. 48
- ^ "Ritter-Orden", Hof- und Staatshandbuch der Österreichisch-Ungarischen Monarchie, 1908, p. 69, retrieved 3 September 2021
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- ^ Baranowski, Jerzy; Libicki, Marcin; Rottermund, Andrzej; Starnawska, Maria (2000). Zakon Maltański w Polsce [The Order of Malta in Poland] (in Polish). Warsaw. p. 227.
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Bibliography
- Fesser, Gerd (2003). Radolin, Hugo Fürst von. Vol. 21. Berlin: Duncker & Humblot. p. 97. )